Dish-washer.



L. H. DESJARDINS. v

DISH WASHER.

APPLIUATIQN FILED JUNI'. 25, 1907.

' Patented 009191999.

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LOUISE HOSEA DESJARDINS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

DISH-WASHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 19,09.

Application filed June 25, 1907. Serial No. 380,739.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUISE Hosea Das- JARDINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Dish-VVashers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to automatic dishwashing apparatus; its object'being to produce a simple, compact and efficient apparatus adapted to household use, for theQ automatic cleansing of table dishes.

To this end, it consists in a holding vessel designed to rest on a drain board of a kitchen sink or other support, provided with a central stand pipe with rose nozzles and a series of removable foraminous dish holders, (as hereinafter described), and with means for connecting the same with a source of hot water supply under suflicient pressure to be discharged in jets or sprays against dishes suitably disposed in thedish holders; also in a dish holderof peculiar forml and construction; all as hereinafter set above, provided with a' removable cover a.

The vessel is provided with an outlet o, at the bottom, and, preferably, with a removable strainer s, used in connection therewith. When in use the vessel is conveniently supported, as indicated in Fig. l, on the drain board Z2, of t-he kitchen sink, and connected for its water supply by the hose h, to the ordinary hot water faucet f; and the outlet 0 (provided with the removable strainer s) discharges directly into the sink.

The essential operative principle of the apparatus or device is the discharge of hot wat-er in numerous fine jets or sprays against dishes suitably disposed to receive the same The dishes receive also the added cleansing eii'ect of the steam or vapor. To secure this result in asimple and effective manner, I provide the vessel A with a stand-pipe, p, secured to the bottom and rising 1n the axis of the vessel to a convenient height, provided with rose f nozzles vn.1, u2, as, and with a supply connection p1 extending outwardly to receive the detachable hose la. The rose nozzles al, n.2 and n3 are arranged to discharge upwardly and outwardly as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2.

The dishes to be cleansed are contained in removable dish-holders c1, c, and c3 placed in superimposed series within thevessel A. These are shallow cylindrical form as indicated in Figs. 3 and 5; and are preferably constructed of wire with large open meshes. The upper one c3 may be a shallow basket with flat bottom, while the two lower ones c1 and c2 are of greater depth,I each having a double outer rim or wall bounding a concentric annular space or gallery in which plates and saucers are arranged in vertical planes as indicated in Fig. 4, while inverted cups, glasses, bowls, knives, forks, etc., may be placed on the fiat bottom of the holdersas indicated in Fig. 2.

The dish-holders c1 and c2 are provided with central openings in the bottoms, and being placed one upon another as indicated in Fig. 2, pass over the stand-pipe p and its rose nozzles when being placed in position from above. The holder c3 rests on top of these entirely above the stand-pipe. In this position the rose nozzles stand below the bottoms of the dish-holders, respectively, so that the upward jets may enter any inverted cups or dishes. n

The dish-holders being removable, may be loaded and the dishes arranged therein while on the dining table or elsewhere as may be convenient, and there placed in position, and removed afterward, each with its load for convenient disposition of the dishes.

I do not confine my invention to the details of construction of dish-holders and stand-pipe here shown. The latter may be made removable and passed through the cover a from above downward, but for obvious reasons of simplicity and convenience I prefer the arrangement shown.

To operate the device, the dishes, etc. be-

ing duly loaded upon the dish-holders, the` latter are placed in superimposed series as indicated, Vand the cover a being placed in osition, the rubber hose h is attached to the aucet p and .a stream of hot water (the llO hotter the better) is set flowing. The action of the direct jets, indicated by the arrows, (Fig. 2) is sufliciently obvious; but these in turn are deflected and subdivided by striking opposing surfaces at various angles, and, together with the vapor, thoroughly cleans the dishes; the hot water reaching every part of the surfaces, dissolving and carrying oil' food particles, grease7 etc., with the outflow from the containing vessel A. Food particles are caught in the strainer s while the grease is carried with the hot water into the sink. After avfew minutes the flow of water is'stopped, `the hose detached, and the casing A and contents may be set aside and allowed to remain with the cover a removed. for the dishes to dry by their own heat without wiping; or the dish-holders can be removed and the dishes disposed of as may be desired. The perfection of the result will of course depend largely on the heat of the water used,

and the containing vessel made as an integral cover A1 arranged to be let down from above, covering the stand-pipe and the dishholders arranged in relation thereto as already described. The operation and result are the same; but this construction somewhat facilitates the use where a large number of dishes are to be cleansed in a short time. The arrangement is suliiciently indicated in Fig. 6.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States.

i'-\dish-washing apparatus consisting essentially of a containing casing, in combination with a series of removable foraminous and a stand-pipe arranged in the axis of the easingl provided with perforated nozzles dis.

charging upward and radially outward, vsaid dish-holders having bottom openings to permit them to slip over the nozzles, substantially as set forth.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUISE HOSEA DESJARDINS.

YWitnesses Lnwis M. HosnA, .Tosnrir R. GARDNER. 

